Leslie J. Mahoney Sites

The Cottonwood Community Club House – also known as the Community Center or Civic Center – was built in 1939 with the help of the Works Progress Administration (WPA).  The WPA hired the relief workers to do the labor, many of whom came from the local area, while funds for materials did not come from city government, as was usual, but through volunteer subscriptions by local citizens. The local effort was led by the women's Cottonwood Community Civic Club, for which the club house was intended (on land donated to them three years earlier). The building is eye-catching, with walls of large, round...